New Gaming Build

[Murcii3llago]

Hi,

Im am building a new gaming pc and i just wanted to make sure I have everything correct. Please tell me if any of my parts are bottlenecked and if so, what i should change them too. Dont worry about the mouse, kebyboard, or monitor.

CPU:
Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo)

CPU Cooling:
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO

Motherboard:
ASRock Z77 Extreme4

Video Card:
MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5

Memory:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)

Case:
COOLER MASTER HAF 912

PSU:
CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W Modular Power Supply

Hard Drive:
Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM

Optical Drive:
SAMSUNG Black CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive

OS:
Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit (Full Version)

 

[AMD Radeon]

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be careful with Western Digital WD Black as it is marketing gimmick
get any 7200rpm hdd as long as it is cheap

no SSD?

 

[casper1973]

Looks fine to me provided your RAM is of the correct speed (you haven't posted the speed).
Personally I'd spend a bit more on the graphics card and perhaps go for a 7870 or GTX 660. That is just my opinion though, not a necessity. It depends on how demanding your games are and how high you want the settings.

 

[blake1243]

If you have to sacrifice your gpu for a lower end gpu just to fit in a ssd then i wouldn't do that. Yeah you will get faster boot up times.. but id rather have an extra 20fps in games.

 

[Murcii3llago]

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be careful with Western Digital WD Black as it is marketing gimmick
get any 7200rpm hdd as long as it is cheap

no SSD?

nah i dont really care for the extra boot time

 

[Murcii3llago]

Looks fine to me provided your RAM is of the correct speed (you haven't posted the speed).
Personally I'd spend a bit more on the graphics card and perhaps go for a 7870 or GTX 660. That is just my opinion though, not a necessity. It depends on how demanding your games are and how high you want the settings.

DDR3 1600mhz ram

also i would like to run games like battlefield 3 at max settings around 50-60 fps so should i get a 660 ti or 7870

 

[casper1973]

I don't play BF3 but according to a review done by Tomshardware themselves the 7850 achieved an average of 54.7 FPS in BF3 at max settings when using a resolution of 1920x1080. The 7870 achieved 65.2 at the same resolution.

Going on that you might be ok with the 7850 as long as you aren't planning to use a higher resolution. The other cards would be more 'future-proofing' I suppose.

Here is the review to read for yourself - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7870-review-benchmark,3148-6.html

Oh yeah and that RAM is fine.

 

[quilciri]

Given your component list, I expect you'll be trying your hand at overclocking, in which case the 7850 is a great choice. It's kind of an overclocking freak.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18389760

Fair warning, this guy tried to go beyond 1400mhz @ 1.5v, which is nuts; and ended up frying his card. However, I've been running my original asus dc2 7850 @ 1200 mhz core, 1.225v since early may without a hiccup. Am now running a pair of them at that speed.